Gaza City: At least two Palestinians were killed and five others injured yesterday in an airstrike on the Egyptian-Palestinian border, according to the Gazan Health Ministry.
Spokesman for the ministry, Ashraf Al Qidra said in an official statement that "the two citizens Hussam Al Sufi, 24, and Mohammed Anwar Al Aqra, 38, have been killed in the raid and five others injured."
According to eyewitnesses interviewed by Anadolu Agency, the raid was carried out by Israeli warplanes and targeted a tunnel used for trade purposes on the Egyptian side of the border with the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army announced late on Wednesday that it intercepted three rockets fired from the Egyptian territory towards the city of Eilat, south of Israel, while a fourth rocket fell in an open area, without specifying its location.
No official comment has yet been issued by the Israeli or Egyptian authorities.
Meanwhile, Israeli police say a Palestinian has opened fire at a market in central Israel wounding four people. Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the attacker was arrested soon after the shooting Thursday afternoon in Petah Tikva.
He said it was "most likely a terror attack" but police are still investigating. Channel 10 reported three people were injured from the shooting and one person was stabbed.
Since 2015 Israeli forces have killed 235 Palestinians. Israel says most of the Palestinians killed were attackers while others died in clashes with Israeli forces.
